While I agree that dbms_job is the right way, we had lots of problems with dbms_job suddenly failing (i.e. it just stops working) in 9011 and 9012 versions of database. Finally it was something to do with job queue processes, with the help of OWS we fixed it. BUT, I still don't trust dbms_job on our 9i production db and hence all critical jobs are run by our close friend 'cron', it works!.
Raj ______________________________________________________ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is an art!
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